Placket-fastener



(No Model.) I J. TE-EL. PLAGKET FASTENER.

No. 600,957 Patented Mar. 22 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TEEL, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

PLACKET- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I'atent No. 600,957, dated March22, 1898.

Application filed May 22, 1897. 7 Serial No. 637,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JOHN TEEL, a citizen of the United States, residingat Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Placket Fasteners and Supports;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to a placket support and fastener.

The object of my invention is to provide means by which the placket isheld closed and the ends of the belt of the skirt connected.

With this object inview the invention consists in certain featuresofconstruction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of a fragment of askirt, showing in dotted lines the placket support and fastener attachedthereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view'showing in dotted linesone of the supporting members inclosed Within the hem at the-edge of theplacket instead of bein g attached to the placket by a braid or tape, asshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the placket-supports removedfrom the garment, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the placket-supportsformed of wire instead of sheet metal.

In said drawings, 1 denotes one member of the placket support andfastener, and 2 the other member. Each member is provided with a head 3,one end of which is provided with. a hook 4, struck up from the head andadapted to engage an eye 5 in the head of the other member.

As shown in Fig. 1, the supports are secured to the garment by a braidor tape 6, which is a convenient manner of attaching the device to acompleted'dress-skirt; but in making a dress it may be sewed into thehem, as shown in Fig. 2. In this case'the edges of the device areprovided with thread-holes 7. In each case, whether the device beattached to the garment by a braid or sewed into the h em, the head islocated within the belt at the waist, and openings are made in said beltto allow the hook of one member of the support to project into the eyeof the other member.

The heads are hinged to the body portions of the support to swingaxially forward and backward at angles to the length of the plates, soas to allow the belt a free yielding movement about the Waist of theperson and prevent the lower ends of the plates protruding the skirt. Asshown in the drawings, I have provided the head with a slot 8, intowhich projects an extension 9, which is bent down to form a hinge-joint.

If desired, instead of making the device of sheet metal, it may be'madeof wire, as shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring further explanation. By itsemployment the placket is held closed and prevented from gaping, and thebelt is held firmly about the waist of a person without the requirementof other fastening means, such as pins and the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A placket-fastener consisting of a pair of disconnected flat platesprovided at their upper ends with hooks, and heads pivoted to said hooksso as to have an axially-swinging movement forward and backward atangles to the length of the plates, one of said heads provided with eyesand the other with a hook, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN TEEL.

-Witnesses:

BENJ. G. OowL, SYLVESTER OAssELL.

